Sometimes a kid grabs the colored pencils and ends up with a picture of an octopus. Judging by its color, the octopus is not angry. This unsolicited picture may be foreshadowing. Younger offspring recently got a chapter book about giant...
Posted on April 11, 2008 1:39 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Pretty like flowers but ready to fight.
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Posted on December 29, 2007 5:07 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Trying to tell the shorebirds without a scorecard.
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Posted on December 28, 2007 7:55 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Given the available options, would you be stirring? You could, after all, be sunbathing on the beach. Of course, you might have to haul yourself out of the waves every now and again....
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Posted on December 24, 2007 7:28 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Here are some more jelly pictures from my most recent visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Today, the Spotted jelly (Mastigias papua). I really like the coloration of these critters, as well as the way that they swim together...
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Posted on December 23, 2007 3:44 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Just when you thought it was safe to open the front door ...
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Posted on December 15, 2007 8:11 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
There are lots of cool things to see at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, but my favorite by a fathom is the assortment of jellyfish. And somehow, among all the jellies they have, it's the moon jelly that sticks in...
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Posted on December 15, 2007 5:55 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
On a recent trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium I snapped this picture of an underwater garden of the sort you might find in mangrove forests and shallow lagoons along tropical coasts....
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Posted on December 9, 2007 4:52 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
My better half and I have been catching up on movies (thanks to Netflix and our DVD player). Last week we watched 28 Days Later .... Last night we watched 28 Weeks Later. It is my better half's view that...
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Posted on December 8, 2007 1:00 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks